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INDUSTRY NEWS
CHINAPLAS to Choreograph 3 Great Concurrent Events
Place for Global Giants to Unveil Industrial Trends
CHINAPLAS’ exciting concurrent events, in which industrial
giants share their experiences and attendees gain insights
into industrial trends, have always been the highlight of the
trade fair, and well received by exhibitors and visitors alike.
CHINAPLAS 2017 will be held at the China Import & Export
Fair Complex, Pazhou, Guangzhou, PR China on May 16 – 19,
2017. Focusing on the theme of “Intelligent Manufacturing,
High-tech Materials, Green Solutions”, the organizer of CHI-
NAPLAS, Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd., will administrate
three big concurrent events during the exhibition: the 2nd
“Industry 4.0 Conference”, “Design x Innovation”, and the
“3rd Medical Plastics Conference”. Visitors can expect to
grasp the cutting-edge technologies and inspiring case stud-
ies in these events, allowing them to hop on the bandwagon
and understand market dynamics from multiple dimensions,
explore more valuable opportunities for collaborations and
expand networks to facilitate development.
Industry 4.0 is the prime focus
China has quickly become the world’s second largest nation-
al economy, and labour costs have risen sharply. It is no lon-
ger a low-wage cost country – all kinds of cost pressures force
businesses to opt for more automation equipment and ad-
vanced technology in the production processes. According to
Mr. Stanley Chu, Chairman, Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd.,
China is still a developing country, and has not yet fulfilled
the necessary conditions for industrial 4.0.
The 2nd Industry 4.0 Conference, presented with the sup-
port from VDMA, the German Engineering Federation, will
be held in of May 16-18 2017, in China Import & Export Fair
Complex, Pazhou. As a “signature dish” dedicated to visi-
tors, the conference will provide practical and operational
solutions for enterprises targeting urgent manufacturing up-
grade. Industry 4.0 will eventually move towards the direc-
tion of customized, small batch production, which are also
the characteristics of additive manufacturing (3D printing)
technology which meet the demands for the development
of more personalized products. This is the long-term goal of
Industry 4.0.
At the 1st edition of Industry 4.0 Conference, Arburg in-
troduced the technology of additive manufacturing, which
will be presented again at the sequel in greater depth and
breadth. The Industry 4.0 Conference held last year not only
brought together world renowned enterprises such as Ar-
burg, KraussMaffei, Engel, Wittmann Battenfeld, Beckhoff,
Volkswagen AG, Haier, and SAP to give presentations, but
also attracted nearly 600 local and overseas professionals,
who were generally satisfied, and looked forward to more
case studies of Industry 4.0, which, combined with their own
businesses, would promote the intelligentization of their fac-
tories, enhancing production efficiency, improving product
quality and achieving lean production status. Furthermore,
the Smart Manufacturing Technology Zone, a showcase of
cutting-edge automation technologies, will provide a boost
to the movement from “Made in China” to “Smartly Made
in China.”
“Design x Innovation” enlightens the upstream
and downstream sectors
Enterprise transformation and upgrading calls for industrial
design innovation. Since its inception, “Design x Innovation”
has attracted a lot of attention. As visitors’ needs get more
sophisticated, the event itself gets more vibrant – “Innova-
tion Gallery”, “Open Forum”, “Meet the Designers” are
the programs which introduce success stories of innovative
Since its inception, “Design x Innovation” has attracted
a lot of attention. “Innovation Gallery”, “Open Forum” and “Meet
the Designers” are the programs which introduce success stories
of innovative industrial designs to visitors
The 2nd Industry 4.0 Conference, presented with the support from
VDMA, the German Engineering Federation, will be held concurrently
during CHINAPLAS 2017. The conference will provide practical and
operational solutions for enterprises targeting urgent manufacturing
upgrade